Ministry of Environment Archives - Keystone Environmental

Contaminated Soil Relocation in BC

by Keystone Environmental | Mar 11, 2019 | City of Vancouver, Contaminated Sites, Environment, Ministry of Environment, Newsletter, Regulatory

Current and Future Changes Previously, soils that exceeded the former Schedule 7 standards of the Contaminated Sites Regulation (CSR) could only be moved to a site other than a permitted landfill with a Contaminated Soil Relocation Agreement. These instruments were...

White Sturgeon | An Uncertain Future for the Dinosaur of our Rivers

by Keystone Environmental | Jan 24, 2019 | Biology, Environment, Ministry of Environment, Wildlife Regulations

Source: Wikipedia White Sturgeon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_sturgeon) With extensive habitat change and increasing recreational fisheries pressures throughout their range, the future of white sturgeon in British Columbia has been called to question. White...

Acoustic Bat Monitoring

by Keystone Environmental | Oct 18, 2018 | Biology, City of Vancouver, Environment, Ministry of Environment, Wildlife Regulations

Bats are an important, but often an overlooked part of many natural and urban ecosystems, as they consume nuisance insect populations such as mosquitoes and beetles that impact crops and forestry. Currently, 15 of the 18 species of bat recognized in Canada occur in...

New Regional Background Groundwater Concentrations Released

by Keystone Environmental | Sep 26, 2018 | Contaminated Sites, Environment, Ministry of Environment, Regulatory

The BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (BC ENV) has recently released Technical Bulletin 3: Regional Background Concentrations for Select Inorganic Substances in Groundwater. The document provides regional background estimates are provided for...

Japanese Beetle Soil Movement Restrictions

by Keystone Environmental | Jul 11, 2018 | Biology, City of Vancouver, Environment, Ministry of Environment, Regulatory, Wildlife Regulations

As of April 27, 2018, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is restricting movement of soil and plant material out of the False Creek area due to the identification of an invasive plant pest, Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica). For the designated area (as...

Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation

by Keystone Environmental | May 22, 2018 | Engineering, Ministry of Environment, Regulatory

Reliable Operators Available 24 Hours a Day Keystone Environmental Ltd. has nearly thirty years of experience in wastewater treatment plant operation across British Columbia, from the Lower Mainland to remote locations in Northern British Columbia. Some of the...